Machinist

[Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>]

Stefan Gotteswinter - Modelengineering, Machining and Toolmaking in the Homeshop
http://www.gtwr.de/

Stefan Gotteswinter - Modelengineering, Machining and Toolmaking in the Homeshop

Just a guy working in his basement shop.

German version

Youtube Channel

Youtube - Stefan Gotteswinter

Instagram

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Updates

15-03-2018: Tips for high precision work by Precision Instruments
Precision Instruments, a maker of high precision air bearings posted a list of 50 tidbits for precision engineering/machining on their website:
Precision Instrumens - 50 Tidbits (External link)

26-02-2018: Home Shop Machinists Podcast, Schaublin compound rebuild
A bit late, but another episode of the HSM Podcast has been released:
Home Shop Machinists Podcast – Episode 15 – Snowed, Towed, and Tooled

Also I did a rebuild on a Schaublin 102 compound slide for a customer, the process is documented here: Rebuilding a Schaublin 102 compound slide

I have a two part video series on the process too:
Rebuilding a Schaublin 102 compound slide - Part 1
Rebuilding a Schaublin 102 compound slide - Part 2

17-01-2018: Home Shop Machinists Podcast, Resizing a bearing race
Another episode of the HSM-Podcast was released, this time it was a full house. Not only Justin and Max, but also Max brother Thayer and father Fred and myself where guest.
Very fun episode to record, with some minor technical difficulties. We talk gunsmithing, Cad, current projects, cnc lathes, hope that Max can get into his shop in 2018 and much more. And cartalk.
Home Shop Machinists Podcast – Episode 14 – Phillipsed

For a customer I had to resize the outer race of a ball bearing to match the diameter of a router bit (woodworking).
Ball bearing - Reducing the diameter of a stock ball bearing

History

Shop equipment

The shop

Small machines and accessories

Lathe µkroDreh 075-550

Milling machine Optimum MB4

Shaper Gack HE20

Engraving machine Deckel G1L

Surface grinder LIP515

Isel Miniflat i-TM 40-2 Cnc Router

D-Bit Grinder Holzmann UWS3

Unknown 4x6 Bandsaw

Projects

Small projects that are not worth a dedicated projectsite

Customer Projects

ER25 collet block

Indicator clamp

Tripan parting tool holder

Ball turning tool for my 10x22 lathe

Adapter plate to mount a chuck onto a rotary table

Universal micrometer with exchangable anvils

Chamfering machine

Box parallel/Setup cube

Swiveling angle head for the milling machine

Toolmakers magnets

Lathe chuck backstop

Toolmakers block

Tripan toolholders

Cylindrical grinding attachement

Rotary Broach

Solid indicator stand

Sine dresser

Links, Book recommendations and other resources

Downloads (manuals, plans, etc.)

Random thoughts and rants

A loose collection of shop tips

Magnetic Chuck on the lathe?

Mist coolant systems

2017 Richard King scraping class in Denmark

2017 Richard King scraping class in Germany

FAQ and Contact Informations

My public email adress is in the Frequently asked Questions - Please take time and go through those before you email me, maybe your Question is already answered there. If you find a mistake on my website or I am totaly wrong on a topic, please feel free to email me.